Measurement of patient positioning errors in three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy of the prostate

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 435-444

  Hanley, Joseph ^a   Lumley, Moira A ^a   Mageras, Gig S ^a   Sun, Jerry ^a   Zelefsky, Michael J ^a   Leibel, Steven A ^a   Fuks, Zvi ^a   Kutcher, Gerald J ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Image registration; Portal imaging; Setup errors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ERROR; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMMOBILIZATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X RAY FILM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030932845     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(96)00526-3     Document Type: Article

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